Tension gripped Anjar city of Kutch in Gujarat after an ‘I Love Mohammad’ poster put up on a hoarding in Devaliya Naka area of the city was defaced on Friday with a piece of A4 size paper with ‘Jay Shri Ram’ written on it.

The Anjar Police had to face aggrieved crowds on two consecutive days over rumours surrounding the poster, which was put up a few days ago.

On Friday night, community leaders voluntarily removed the poster in the interest of peace, in a big relief for police.

According to police, ‘I Love Mohammad’ poster was put up on hoarding in the Devaliya Naka area of Anjar a couple of days ago. Police officials said that the hoarding was perfectly legal.

By Thursday evening, a rumour had been spread that the poster was being removed, leading to a large number of people gathering

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